Some Upcoming RUMC Events
Wed., 7/8—Spaghetti Dinner to Welcome Pastor Rob and his wife, Sue. (6:30 PM in Crichton Hall).
Sun., 7/12—VBS Begins, Church, 6:30-8:30 PM
Fri., 7/17—VBS Parent Night, Sanctuary, 6:30 PM
Sat., 7/25--Movie Night. "Left Behind: Tribulation Force", Crichton Hall, 7:00 PM.
Sat., 8/29--Movie Night. "Left Behind: World at War."
Sat., 9/12—“Manly Man Tool Sale”
Sat., 9/19—Child/Youth Protection Policy Training (Tentative)
8002 U. S. Highway 301 South, Riverview, FL 33578 813-677-5995
Rob Atchley, Pastor
Where our mission statement is
To know Christ and to make Christ known.
Bible Verse for the Week
After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants trhough whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:5-7, 10-11
New Living Translation
If you have high-speed Internet, you can download the latest edition of the Bell in full color.
Just right-click on the Bell Icon above, and select Save Target As... you should be able to download the document as an Adobe pdf file. You will need an Adobe reader which you can get free off the internet, if you don't have one already.
What's New on the Website?
- We have a growing and extensive prayer list--enough for its own prayer tree webpage.
- You can download the July, 2009 edition of the RUMC Newsletter from the link just below.
- See the Lay Report for the 2009 Florida Annual Conference at this link.
- You can register your children for Vacation Bible School (July 12-18) at this site.
Stop By and Say Hello to Pastor Rob and Sue Atchley …
On July 8th, the Fellowship Committee will be sponsoring a “meet and greet” spaghetti dinner in Crichton Hall. You’ll want to come and visit with the new pastoral family in person. Dinner starts at 6:30 PM. Bring your friendliness and your appetite.
The Book Club meets at Starbucks…
The RUMC Book Club continues to meet each Saturday morning at 9:00 AM at the Winthrop Starbucks. For more information, you can contact Connie Mosley here.
Vacation Bible School Is Coming...
Vacation Bible School will be held this year from Sunday, July 12th to Friday, July 17th. The curriculum will be Camp EDGE from Cokesbury, and all children from 3 years old through 5th grade are invited. There will be five sessions between 6:30 and 8:30 PM Sunday through Thursday, followed by a Parent’s program on Friday evening.
There will be a booth open throughout June and July for VBS sign-ups. You can register your children, stop by to volunteer, or speak to Amy Yost, our Children's Coordinator, about sponsoring a Camp EDGE camper!
You can also register your children or volunteer online at this website. To learn more about the curriculum, go to this Cokesbury Camp EDGE website. To get directly in contact with Amy, email her at rumckids@yahoo.com.
VBS is still looking for adult and youth volunteers to serve as group leaders. We are also looking for artificial Christmas trees, and other camping decorations. If you help, contact Amy.
RESTORE’s Summer Needs
As RESTORE continues to be a local distribution point for USDA food, it is serving between 75-100 families each week. In addition to the government’s food, the food pantry needs items that the government cannot supply. In the summer, RESTORE is looking for donations of canned fruit and/or applesauce, and toilet paper.
Sue and Tom Atchley. Tom is our brand new pastor--come to the spaghetti dinner on July 8th and introduce yourself to the Atchleys.
The Left Behind Series Continues …
The Left Behind movie series continues for the next two months. It explores what would happen if the events described in John’s Book of Revelations actually occurred in our near future.
The movie nights are scheduled for the last Saturday night of each of the next two months. “Tribulation Force” will screen on Saturday, July 25th, and “World at War” will be shown on Saturday, August 29th. The doors open in Crichton Hall at 6:30 PM each night and the movie begins promptly at 7:00 PM.
The Latest Prayer Concerns …
Pray for Brooke and Chris Childs and their new daughter, Abby Nicole. Abby was born 2 months early, last Sunday, after Brooke had experienced some major complications. Abby is still in the hospital struggling to live, and her latest diagnoses is that she may have pneumonia. So the Childs family will have a tough road for the next several days.
Long time member Marion Hamilton passed away last week after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Lift up her husband and care giver, Lee Hamilton, through this difficult period. You may contact Ida O’Neal for information about funeral and memorial service plans.
See the Prayer Requests webpage for a current list of the prayer concerns of our church family and friends.
